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App Store app Ownership
Lets say hypothetically 5 years ago someone (Person A) created a company with someone else (Person B) and they split the company 80 (Person B) / 20 (Person A) and then used that company information to ...
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how lawful to have terms of min 5 years in the contract when renting a place for business in california?
How lawful to have terms of min 5 years in the contract when renting a place for business in California?
Understand that all agreements are between landlord and renter, but still wonder if that is ok ...
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When is a letter "mailed or delivered"?
I am a PA resident and purchased the services of a career service company based in FL for 5k. The payments were deferred for the first month, so I have neither made any payments nor received any ...
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Can investors protect their business idea?
Suppose that Alice is the developer/founder of the Uber app and finds an investor for the startup company resulting in the existing Uber company. Suppose also that there is no Lyft or UberEats app out ...
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Are non-disclosure contracts in effect after company closes down?
I signed an employment contract with my employer (in Canada) that included a non-disclosure agreement (I work in R&D). The agreement essentially stated that the information gained while I was ...
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Texas Business to Consumer auto renewal contracts [closed]
I was tricked into signing an auto renewal contract for 2022 baseball select league. I told him I was only paying for the summer and fall season and he directed me to use option 1 as it was cheaper to ...
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If a business partner did not put money into the founding of the company are they still entitled to their shares?
Consider the scenario in Western Australia:
Me and 2 others want to go into business together based on what we
believe will make us profit (etc.).
The decision is to form a company, however, due to ...
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Is a company legally obligated to refund a deposit on a partially finished software product?
Company A has a contract with Company B defining the scope of a software product to be delivered by Company B. The contract requires a 30% deposit to initialize the project. The contract does not ...
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Gave Loan After Due Date on a Contract. Is the contract still enforceable? [closed]
I loaned someone a sum of money on a contract that was dated on January 5th by both parties. The contract, however states the loan was to be sent on January 2nd and the money was sent on January 5th. ...
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Can you designate someone to sign a contract for a company with certain restrictions?
As I understand it, for companies to sign contracts, some individual must sign their signature or else the contract is void. I have read that non-officers in a company must be given the capacity to ...
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How can sole traders legally circumvent 'no business use' restrictions in domestic contracts?
I would like to get some advice regarding using consumer services for business purposes, where the contracts for the services have terms that when taken in isolation, forbid the use of the services ...
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Who owns my website?
I started a website on Wix, and then I registered a limited company later.
How does my limited company own my website? I paid for the Wix website and the domain myself with my own money under my own ...
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Using business experience of the seller by a young buyer corporation to bid works/contract with a PSU
Company A, an existing multinational for 10 years, enters into a Business Transfer Agreement with a small Indian firm, B, incorporated in 2019.
Can B quote the experience of A in last ten years (...
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Is "not available for resale" a legally enforceable statement?
I've seen this label on coke cans at one point, and I was wondering: is this legally enforceable?
If it's not, is it possible for a retailer in any way to disallow the resale of an item purchased?
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Is it a myth that a single owner LLC protect the owner's personal assets?
I own 100% ownership of an LLC. I started this LLC because everyone gave me advice that if the company is sued, the banks won't go after my car, my house or etc.
As I dig deeper into the legal ...
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Is an independent contractor liable?
If an independent contractor performs work or provides consulting services to another company, and that company suffers a loss (or deems to suffer a loss) due to the independent contractor, can they ...
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Order status Cancelled on the merchant website considered as relevant proof with legal common sense
An e-commerce order was returned back to the merchant, but they didn't give me reciept, a practice common in Indian e-eCommerce.
But on the merchants website now the order is marked as cancelled. In ...
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In UK law, are any business banking contracts considered unfair and therefore unlawful?
The bank we use for our business banking charged us US$1,300 recently. We incurred the charge by mistakenly initiating two identical transfers on online banking between accounts which have two ...
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Can the buyer have right to withhold the last payment on a item
Picture this, a buyer comes to a company and lays out a specification of he or she wants, within that specification the buyer notes that they are withholding the last payment unless he or she has seen ...
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Would insurance company have duty to defend it's customer in unfair business claim case?
So our business insurance company (mostly for accidents with customers and employees) is doing everything possible to not have cover our legal defense costs by coming up with various ruses. I have ...
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Buying a business in Germany
Therr is Person A with SoleTraderCompA
and person B with no company.
Person A wants to sell to B,
B wants to buy.
Both residents of Germany.
How can this be processed?
Transfer obligations etc.
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Can a business put a specific cancel-by date into a contract?
I attended a gym in Michigan and canceled my membership on 8/28/19. I paid month to month and was under no long term contract. Even though I moved and haven't visited the gym since 8/17/19, I'm being ...
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Contract terms are binding as long as services are provided on a mutually agreed-upon basis
Context: B2B Contract
If one party chooses to discontinue future service, does this statement void the rest of the contract?
Contract terms are binding as long as services are provided on a ...
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Assignment of Inventions in Employment Contract for Software Development
I have a contract that basically says this in the Assignment section:
To the fullest extent under applicable law, the
Company shall own all right, title and interest in and to all
Inventions (...
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Designer starting business and what area of laws to investigate
What arrears of laws would be best to investigate if I am trying to open a original design business (flyers, graphic tees, paper products)?
Contract law,Business law, Copyright law?
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Can Mobile App Terms of Use contain General liability release?
The intent is a smart phone based app, which functions as a service(think ride share type of services). Wish to provide said service without insurance to test market feasibility.
Definition(s): '...
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UK Courts Question: What was the judges final decision that may be cited as precedent in these cases?
Sheriff Court at Kirkcaldy: David Boyack v The Royal Bank of Scotland ( this case was referred to in the "Office of Fair Trading (Respondents) v. Lloyds TSB Bank plc and others (Appellants) and ...
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Terms of Contract changed during drafting of Written Contract
I entered into discussions with an owner to purchase his business. During the process I agreed verbally and via email to pay for the owners lawyer to draft the purchase and sale agreements.
The ...
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In what circumstances can a missing person be replaced in business deals?
Suppose there's two people who found a startup company as associates in the USA. In case one goes temporarily missing, is it possible for the other to take over decisions for both of them (e.g. agree ...
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Unauthorized Business Site License
Any business lawyer? Please answer my question.
My house has been used by a previous tenant to obtain a site license from the California Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to run a ...
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"This provision survives the termination of this Agreement."
In a business contract, does the following statement :
"This provision survives the termination of this Agreement."
Means that the provision survives for a unlimited amount of time? Is there a ...
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How long do you have to collect a unpaid debt?
If a client refuses to pay an invoice for work completed, how long do you have to file a claim? I have a written contract but they sent me a letter canceling the agreement.
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Opening a daycare near previous employment
Location: Canada, Ontario
Background: A friend got a one-year contract to work at a daycare from June 2017 to June 2018, but was let go after working two months. Key things on the employment ...
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Going to court after agreeing to multiple dispute resolutions
Dave and Bob co-found a company together and both sign a shareholders agreement.They then work together on the company full-time for a year.
Dave is then accused by Bob of breaching the agreement by ...
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Dispute began under previous contract, new contract signed, which applies?
Here is a simple scenario to explain my question:
A contract is signed in January, this contains non-competes and IP clauses.
A dispute begins around the non-compete and IP clauses in February. ...
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Resolving issues with overdue payments for freelance work [closed]
A freelance client of mine is months behind in their payments and is requiring digital account access prior to paying. What are my rights?
The client doesn't read or respond to emails or phone calls.
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are excluded to the fullest extent permissible by law
Subject to statutory provisions, all Provider’s warranties, conditions, and representations (whether written or oral), or other terms implied by statute or common law are excluded to the fullest ...
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Software Developer in a Startup Company
I'm a software developer who developed a SAAS (software as a service) system for a startup company. I can't provide any additional details into the company since it's under an NDA but they shouldn't ...
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Can I lien a public building in the U.S. or how to collect on a judgment against a public entity?
I have a signed contract and performed the work, but the public entity refuses to pay the invoice. My contract stipulates an interest rate for non-payment, which I have been adding to each invoice (...
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Can a company withdraw their decision without compensation?
A company allows eligible person to use their service at a discounted rate. Somebody would like to enjoy the discount but was not 100 percent sure about his eligibility. He then simply submitted the ...
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Is a B2B blacklist legal
We have a business client who is a non-payer and we've had enough.
Is it legal to share details of this non-paying business to other businesses like mine?
It wasn't mentioned anywhere in the ...
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I am working with a colleague to create a game. We agreed to split profits 50/50. Would creating a contract promising 50% be legal?
The game will be owned under an LLC I created to protect ourselves from copy right. The reason I own the LLC is because I did the entire website and I plan to do more content without him as well. My ...
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Business and Customer Responsibilities for Terms of Contract
I hired a mowing company to mow my lawn. In the "NOTES" section of the contract, I specified I wanted mowing to occur every other week rather than weekly. In addition, I stated the same in my e-mail ...
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IP clause contract [closed]
Ok, here is my question, let's say I have an IP clause like this:
By signing this Agreement, you shall assign to ----- all your rights in any work, any document
and any material (the "Work") that you ...
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Can I make someone open a restaurant for me, so that they'd be the owner but I would still earn at least as much as them?
I have some ideas for a restaurant, however I don't see myself working in one.
So I've been wondering if it is possible to hire / create a company with someone who would open a restaurant in my place ...
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Can an NDA be legally valid if there's agreement to not disclose real information?
Say two parties agree to an NDA, but the NDA has a special addendum that tells the other party that they cannot reveal real information about the first party (the provider) to anyone, including the ...
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Client wants me to sign a contract after 1 year of working together, cites US tax laws as the reason
I'm a software developer freelancer, I have a client I have been working with for a while now (a year on the last projects, but many years before as employer-employee) which recently cited tax-law ...
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Can a group continue with app development without the member who originated the idea?
Following situation:
5 friends started an app together: The idea guy, a designer, backend, android and iOS engineer. The friends worked on the app for roughly a year however the idea guy started ...
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How do you get permission to use a copyright before the copyright holder has obtained their certificate from the government?
I'm in a musical, and I am helping the lyricist and composers to obtain their individual copyrights. The official certificate will not arrive for around nine months.
I'm also recording and producing ...
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Would these two invoices be classed as the same?
Would these 2 invoices sent from the same limited company be classed as the same invoice
(my) Company name: XYZ
Invoice number: 185
date sent: middle of july
in the footer was XYZ trading as ABC
and ...
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